Atlantis

Just as it is difficult today to imagine the fabric of Night City without the Afterlife, so it was in the 2020s with Atlantis. Atlantis was the central hub of information dealing, mercwork and professional favors. Those who still remember the club (which has long been closed) say the Afterlife is a poor imitation, stained by posers, that doesn't hold a candle to the atmosphere of authenticity Atlantis once boasted. Of course, when people reach a certain age, they tend to make claims of that sort about the old days. But one claim that does contain a nugget of truth is that the Atlantis welcomed a more diverse (and wilder) crowd. Not only would you encounter mercenaries and fixers with established street cred, but you could rub elbows with con artists, swindlers, 15-minute celebs, long-forgotten legends, rockers, washed-out pop icons, off-the-clock cops, dream dealers, spies... Back in those days, there was no rep-check to walk through that front door. (Whether you walked back out under your own power was a different matter.)